1986 Edition

Agriculture

dominated by coconut production, with subsistence crops of yams, taro, bananas

Aid

(1978) France, European Development Fund, $2.6 million

Airfields

2 total; 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m

Area

50km MATA-UTU He (Ae» South Pacific Ocean lie Futuna %g~ lie Aloli Land About 207 km2; about the size of New York City Water

Branches

territorial assembly of 20 members; popular election of one deputy to National Assembly in Paris and one senator

Capital

Mata-Utu

Coast/we

1,1 10 km People

Coastline

about 129 km People

Elections

every five years Economy

Electric power

1,000 kW capacity (1985); 1 million kWh produced (1985), 83 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

almost entirely Polynesian

Arab and Berber

Exports

negligible

Government leaders

Mirhel KUHNMUNCH, Superior Administrator and President of Territorial Assembly (since at least 1984)

Highways

100 km of improved road on Uvea Island (1977)

Imports

$3.4 million (1977); largely foodstuffs and some equipment associated with development programs

Inland waterways

none

Labor force

12,000; 50% animal husbandry and subsistence farming, 50% other Government

Land boundaries

2,086 km Water

Language

Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic

Limits of territorial waters

12 nm (200 nm exclusive economic zone)

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

6 nm (fishing 1 2 nm)

Literacy

among Moroccans, probably nearly 20%; among Saharans, perhaps 5%

Monetary conversion rate

127.05 Colonial Francs Pacifique(CFP)=US$l (December 1982) Communications

Nationality

noun — Wallisian(s), Futunan(s), or Wallis and Futuna Islanders; adjective — Wallisian, Futunan, or Wallis and Futuna Islander

noun — Saharan(s), Moroccan(s); adjective — Saharan, Moroccan

Official name

Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Political subdivisions

three districts

Population

14,000 (July 1986) average annual growth rate 2.5%

92,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 1.8%

Ports

2 minor

Railroads

none

Religion

largely Roman Catholic Government

Muslim

Suffrage

universal adult

Telecommunications

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Type

overseas territory of France